ECHELON CONSPIRACY is an enjoyable action film in the B movie techno action thriller genre.  Think of it as a low budget B-movie take on EAGLE EYE.     Max Peterson (Shane West) is a computer programmer who designs high end computer security systems.  He receives a mysterious phones that send him text mssages which he follows.  Soon he crosses paths with a FBI agent (Ving Rhames) and an ex-FBI agent (Ed Burns) who works for a casino in Prague.  Max finds love with a babe who can kick ass and sadly only gets to show her chops for one scene.  Then you have Martin Sheen as a paranoid NSA director who decides to take Max out because he knows about Echelon (cue the first moment of the crazy NSA director drinking game).